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'V i't- - ---h--1 4..'. .. .Vf. t ..A.t i N .Vi''!1.',-'.f,;'.!It'.:y-' : V,-"'V''-; ' 'V -a1.' ' .v-v-.-:r-. ..-, ' ' ' ''.''..("ft V 1 " i'-s .S''- f '. S - ' '' V 44'-' I V 1 I', r t Scientist Discusses Beetle That Attacks riruit Trees rlFySffTftMrtawiiTTn 1 - J-1--.- J : By .THE' -OREGON i SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND SUNDAV; 'MORNINQ;TjULY 0;tl9lt PLAN SUGGESTED ? FOB PUBUC DOCKS Split branches showing burrows ol beetles with larvae In them. I measuring about a tenth of an men in length, X-7 Err la ay and Juns. t "On account of the nmall round & trance holeB which tho adult beetles make while entering the treea, they axe often spoken of as the snot-hole borar. They . deposit their eggs In May and June, and develop Into the full grown beetles along In July. "In pastern states, it Is claimed, there are two generations in the season. At present it la not known how many gen erations appear during a season in Ore gon. .. It is generally supposed that It attacks only unthrifty or diseased trees. In some parts of Oregon, especially in the north Willamette valley, these beet les are quite abundant, occurring on various fruit trees and forest trees, as for instance the oak and chestnut." , v - Xyleborus dlspar; a, larvae; b, pupa; c, adult female; d, adult male); . eggs. (Special Mapttca to Tbt Joornil.) Oregon Agricultural College, Corval 11a, Or., July 8. "Purlin the past spring there were a number of inquiries made retarding the small black beetle which bores lntd young fruit tree, and it la supposed that they cause , the death of the treea." saya H. F. Wilson, antomol oglstat the Oregon Agricultural college, discussing a peat, which baa recently caused soma alarm among orchardlsts. "Host of the fruit growers are of the opinion ttuiv healthy fees are so in jured in one seaaon that the trees fall to live through even a alngle season ! when attacked." he continues. "At the present date all of the available evi dence, as collected by the entomology department, aeema to show that only Unhealthy trees are attacked. ' t - Survey Thronga YaJley. "In a perllmlnary survey In the Wil lamette valley these beetles were (found to be present on both stdea of the Wil lamette river from Salem to Portland. Farther south than Salem the investi gation haa not yet been talten up. Dur ing the investigation a large number of treea were examined, and it was easy to see that, should the beetles work in perfectly healthy trees, they would in time so fill them with burrows aa to .: completely honeycomb the aapwood, and ultimately cause them to die. A single dead chestnut tree about three inches in diameter contained many 'told burrows of this same beetle, and while the owner seemed to tnink that the tree had died from' the effecta of beetle Injury, there seemed to be-plenty of evidence that the tree had succombed to heart rot. "The seeming injury to fruit treea 1 this year has all been present In auch as are more or less affected with win ter injury, the nature or which Is not thoroughly understood at this time. In vestigations of this Insect and lta In- Jury will be carried on tnrougnom tn summer. "The shot-hole borer, as it is common ly known, is given the scientific name of Xylyeborua dlspar. In the eaatern United States the name pear blight beetle is used, because it burrows into the email ahoota of the pear causing them to die back as If blighted. This injury, so far, haa not been noticed in Oregon, but the Insect has beep found to attack the treea about the trunka and lower limbs. Dig Into Center of Tree. "Burrows are made directly into the center of the tree, where the insect digs out a long channel and proceeds to de posit a number of clear, whitish eggs oblong in shape and measuring one thirtieth of an inch in length and half as wide. Before the eggs are deposited the burrows become coated with a cov ering of whitish fungus, which ia the feed of the beetle. It Is not known for a certainty whether the fungus is car rled Into the burrows by the adult beetle or whether it depends upon other carry ing agenta for reaching its growing place. "Thla fungus develops in the burrows, and when the whitish eggs nave hatched into small whitish studs, the grubs feed upon the fungus, keeptng it cropped down, aa do cattle or sneep in a clover field. Should the young oeetiea at any time cease to feed on the fungus, it de velops so rapidly that they cannot keep it from developing Its spores and filling up the burrows, so that oftlmes the grubs are smothered Dy an overaDuna ance of their own food. "When the grubs are fully matured they measure about an eighth of an Inch in length, and pass into a quiet or resting stage, known as the pupal stage. In this stage they acquire legs, wings, and various divisions of the body, and, casting the pupil akin, appear aa the adult insects. These are small, cyim drlcal black beetle, having alx legs and Harbor Improvement, Between Swan and Ross Islands Part of Big Scheme. J. Duthie. Marine Architect ' and Dock Engineer, The prospect of building new docks for Portland, if carried out In proper form would add very much to the archi tectural, beauty of . the city. Those streets on the east aide which belong to th city, could lead to docks, of mas onry built in geometric form, to accom modate boats of 6040 to 7000 tona 'dis placement, and lesa. As to streets not required if or docks, they could be fitted with beautiful and scientifically built landing stages, of marine architectural finish, adding to the attractiveness of the waterfront. Those street ends that other interests are claiming from the city are of vital importance to .all classes of merchants, ' and to all the people, because passengers and freight can easily be landed In any part of the center of the town, on the east and west sldea. . The shipping interests should start at Swan island and run south to Ross Island. That is to Bay, a clean cut ma sonry or concrete wall should, run from one Island to the other on both the eaat and west sldea. And where opportun ities afford enolosed docks should be built of clear geometric figures. Th impression to. paaaengera on Incoming steamers would be of great effect. In stead of looking at a lot of dirty, mud washed piles, they would see beautiful. cleancut walls' for' miles, with substan tlal fireproof -warehouses 1 to - replace with all the old wooden buildings. Mod ern -machinery- and appliances of all kinds would be in view, giving mechan ical force to the appearance and adding power to the beauty of the river front. t 1 rare BspeaditaM Xavolved. ' To carry out the Ideaay herein men tioned, requires the expenditure" of many millions of dollars. Aa suggested aoove lei me siarung point am mi nwan Island. 'on the west side of the river. The railroads .are on a eurva and could be moved more to the west, where nec essary the river should be widened and deepened to allow veaaels to eotne in on one side of the Island, and outgoing vessels on the other side. '. Excavated dry docks are one of the vital pointa of the scheme. - ships are now duiii at lengths of 850 feet, and the Inman line has intimated building: a 1000 foot ship. The ships- that will go through the Panama canal range vaa high as from 600 to TOO feet in length. Ship owners and ahlp captains will not place those shirs on a floating dry dock If they can get an' exoavated one. ' What would those ships do? They would go to Ta coma, Seattle, San Francisco, or . any place where they could dock their ships without risk. And , where the ships go, the trade goes also, which means a great percentage of buainess lost to any city without excavated docks. Picture Swan Island with arv exca vated deck' and a ship 700 feet long go ing in and coming out without having to turn one -way or the other. Picture a couple of ships 800 feet long undergo ing three to six months' repairs and still, room to dock a half doien more at the same time for one to six day terms. Imagine the warehouse facilities on the Island, and locomotives and trucks and electric cars. The south end of the Island Is close te land on both sides. Let connections to land be made ao that locomotives and the electric cara could go back and forth, with freight and passengers to the Island. The whole of thia undertaking means yeara for lta agggBggg,jii, 1 1, i, i test completion. ; There being but 12,500,000 appropriated, the amount would not. go very far in carrying .out this project. The city's property at the foot of stark atreet on : the .West side eouid be dock built, also an equivalent amount of dock construotion should be accomplished on the eaa( aide", for the benefit of the mer- cnania on that' aide or ue river.,. And the engineering of the afore said doeks ia not se dlffloult a problem. The dock board is responsible for the success or failure of docka. I here men: tlon two or three men who know the requirements of docks. -Thomas i Bras sey . was , employed at ' the . Buncorn bridge which Joina Cheshire and laa- caahlre, England, where the late W. E. Gladstone crossed many times from his Uaurdlng castle to London. - The . con tractor failed. - Braasey made the re mark "If I had BOO pounda I could finish the bridge.'" . The river Mersey had to be excavated which made it a very large Job. Braasey finished it. He than un dertook the excavating of the Birken head great float, which la a line of docka cut through, between Birkenhead and Seaeombe, It Is equal to the else of the Willamette river from the north end of St. Johns to the south end of Ross Island. , In addition ; to . recessed docks. ' . . '' : ,v ' There was some disagreement on the great float, and Braasey qujt It John Laird finished it,' . . .. The finest docks in the world are In London, Liverpool and Birkenhead, sur rounded with substantial stone quaya, furnished with gates and properly po liced. . DR. RAWS TO SPEAK AT MEN'S MEETING Dr. F. M. Ralna,' auperlntendent of missions for the Christian church, will be the apeaker at the uaual men's meet ing in the auditorium of the Portland Young Men's Christian Association this afternoon at S o'clock. Dr. Rains haa been one of the moat Impressive speak- C. C. Inman, Medford Engin - eer, Injured on Bad Road . ':k in Josephine. (Special Wipiteh to The ' Grants Pass, Or., July 8. While C. c. Inman,, a mining engineer of Medford, was coming o Granta Pass from Swede baain thia forenoon by auto hs machine atruck a high spot in the roan ami threw Inman against the top of the ma chine with such force aa partially to hnnoH Dr. Lough- rida-e made the trip by auto It mllea to him in 15 mlnutea. He brought Inman here and aent him by tram to jneuiu... after setting the dislocation. era at the international convention of 4.. rki. .huph Ha has recently returned . from inspecting the missions of the Christian church in China, Japan and Cores. , . The music will be an especial fea ture of the meeting this afternoon aa it will mark the first appearance In Port land of Miss Hlldur Gustafson, a singer .v. . n -Pnrti.nil htehlv praised. Miss Gustafson is an Illinois young wo man and haa been orougni i i""'" in th local conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. ft. mm mi of French Canadians have been workers on the farm and in the forests and almost entirely out of touch with Industrial lire m anops, mmi ol factories. T' IS W COLLINS SPRINGS New Hotel Drawing Feature ' for Resort; Portland Folk Enjoy Baths. Collins, Wash., July 6. The big new mountain hydro at thls 'place was com fortably filled, beginning with the hot 1 weather of the Fourth. Bvery train ' and boat brought its quota of regulara i and tourists who would escape the heat and duat of the city for the cool air of fheimountalns and the mineral baths. . The new Collins Hot Springs hotel, un ' der the ownership of F. A. Young. Is now pronounced by those in a position to know, to be the most complete and luxuriously appointed hotel and bath house in the northwest. Large parties from Hood Kiver and The Dalles come down dally and return In the evening on the boats. Through several connections with booking offices in the principal cities touriets are now visiting the springs, making a stop of several days In their northwestern itin erary. The new launch Is kept busy taking parties to the various points of interest along the' historical river and transferring passengers from the O.-W. R. & N. trains on the Oregon aide of the river. Among recent arrivals are: From Portland: E. E. Klngsley and family. J. R. Smith, Mrs. M. S. Kearn, E. B. Rlre, . Gertrude Templeton, J. j Louchet. T. S. Neshltt. T. McCaffrey ar4 wife, C. C. Brlggs. L. T. Gllllland, Hugh Alexander. W. P. Powers, J. H. .Stanley and family, W. E. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Weist. Dr. C, M. Holloplies. M. B. Wiley, Mr. snd Mre. I). Parker i . Byron and family, Mrs. Ram Bailey, Mrs. E. Tr&xler, W. E. Oarretson, Mr. Frank Mlnto and son. Mr. J. M. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McClosker. A party of Seattle men arrived for a week's stay yesterday. They are A. W. Spalding, O. W. Anderson and J. K. Elderlein. Mioses Gertrude Melvln and Ethel Brewer of Las Vegas, N. M., will make a month's stay. Misses Eva Wells and Belle Karnell of Kenosha. Wis., will ' also be miests for the summer period. Mrs. J. N. Porter and mother, Mrs. J. J M.; Holmes, of Detroit, Mich., will be here for a month. O. W. Stevenson and family of Los Angeles are making their . annual pilgrimage to partake of the .? .mineral baths and enjoy the mountain u scenery. V Among the tourist visitors for the week are Miss R. F. Smith of Bolem: F. M. Demorest, North Yakima; 3. 0. Sequin, Aberdeen; Mrs. J. E. Dtp ' pel, Trenton, Mo.; J. M. Riggs and family of New Tork, and many others. ' The regular summer guests are getting located for the. heated term, and many new patrons are making rese.-vatlona - owing to the sudden -change in temper ature. v .'. v , DOOR KNOCKS BABE NT SCALDING TUB Arthur Potts, Aged 3, Dies at Grants Pass From Curi ous Accident. (Specltl DUpateb to The Journal.) Granta Pass, Or., July 8. ' Arthur Potts, three-year-old son of Sarah Potta of this city, who was thrown into a tub of scaldlng'water yesterday after noon, died from the effects this after noon. A doori in the house blew against the boy. precipitating him Into the wi ter. The mother, standing near, snatched the child out but before his clothing was removed be was scalded terribly. The father, Frank M. Potta, is In Alaska out from Fairbanks. The family had Just been released from quarantine for scarletlna when this accident occurred. JeorpaJ Want Ada brine; resulto, Grants Pass Buainess Change. (Special Dlipatch to The Journal.) Grants Pass, Or., July 8. An lmpor tant change In the personnel of the Grants Pass Hardware company was made last evening when Lee J. Calvert sold his Interest in the company to J. M. Tetherow and George B. Newland. The transaction Includes the Calvert block and hardware stock, representing 180,000. Calvert has been manager of the company for eight years. He is a member of the city council. He will devote his time to other Interests. The officers of the new company will be: J. M. Tetherow, president; Thomas Mor land, vice president: George B. New- land, secretary-treasurer. City Locks Horns With S. P. (flpeclnl Dlnoateb to The Journal. Orants Pass, Or.. July 8. The city council has instructed the city attor ney to bring condemnation proceedings for the purpose of opening Fourth4 and Fifth streets serosa the Southern Fa elflc railway right of way. These cross ings are practlrally In the heart of the business district. The matter will prob ably be taken to circuit court. It is understood the Southern Pacific com-v pany will move its freight depot from the present location on Sixth street to a point where Fifth street crosses the Southern -Pacific tracks. V . Kelly Family All Improving. (Special Plipateb to Th Journal.) Grants Pass, Or., July 8. John B. Kelly and his daughter, Angella, and sons, Homer . and Hobart, are all im proving aa rapidly aa could be expect ed. Hobart received the deepest burns of the living children. He la badly burned about the hands and face. ., , , . t The International Boot and. Shoe Workers' union at Ha recent convention reelected all Its officers, Including Prea ident Tobln, and deoided t hold the next oonvaotlon at Montreal In 191U - VJ1 Where Can I Buy With Absolute Confidence? Buck's Ranges $i.oo DOWN $l.QO Weekly THAT LITTLE CHILD can come and purchase here, 1 knowing full well she will be as painstakingly and attentively served as you yourself would be. Such is the confidence you can have in this store. Buck's Ranges $i.oo DOWN $l.QOWeekly Pt'fll mm safe .! M H g Chiffonier Specials $10.25 Buy Now Pay Later We have Chiffoniers to match nearly -all our Dressers, and are offering a few, odd ones at greatly reduced prices. Full quartered oak, any finish desired. Four large and two small drawers. Special Full Quartered Oak Chiffonier, five large drawers, large French plate A s mirror, best bargain yet offered $1 XmUO Nicely finished golden, a genuine Quartered Oak Chiffonier. Swell top drawers, oval French plate mirror. You would .willingly pay' $26 for this piece. Special IZeaU A beautiful serpentine front, quartered pak,. oiaefl, large landscape mirror. P1 fki pecial eOlD.nU Off from prices on Chiffoniers above $40 ; : I Clearance Sale of Dressers Pay Stock taking days disclosed a large number of single Dressers and Chiffoniers. These have all ieen marked at a "Hurry Out" price. Any and 'all are on sale at figures that spell economy for you. Genuine Oak Dressers priced as low Q- " or . . PJLXetJ Buy Now Later $6.75 Dressers priced Imitation Oak Dressers as low as ONeYoURTH' 'OFF ' on ' all above $40.00. $20.00 Quartered Oak Princess Dresser, French plate beveled mirror 18x36 inches. One long and two short drawers-farked down eg $25.00 Full Ouartered Oak Pri front, finely finished, French plate beveled mir ror. 18x40 inches. A bargain at the C1!QA regtilar price. Special. ...... . AJ.UetU $31.00 Birdseye Maple Princess Dresser, straight lines, beautifully marked, mirror C1Q HK 18x36 inches. Price reduced to..... $Xe7ef D White Maple Dressers as low . $H 5Q Similar patterns and prices in mahogany. $22.50 oak, golden wax finish, French plate mirror 22x28 inches. Straight lines through. " fjj j)Q Bedding Specials No modern housewife would buy an ordinary Gai Stove after aeeinar "BUCK'S" SANITARY LINE made with WHITE ENAMELED CAST IRON OVENS. $1.50 PILLOWS AT 98c Southern Feather Pillows, A. C A. tick; size 17x24. Regular $1.50 pair. QQ Special OC $2.25 COMFORTERS AT $1.65 Summer Comforters in rich Persian covering: not gaudy, but artistic. Regular fl-f P $2.23. Special at.- $ leOO $6.00 COMFORTERS AT $3.75 Extra fine Comforters in dainty sHkoline cov ering, with plain silkoline border. . . CO fTCf Regular $6.00, for. . . . . Vi . . P3e O Each customer shares the $25,000, our annual savings in inter est and taxes because we built on the Eat Side. 69-75 Grand Avenue Corner E. Stark Street FURNITURE Complete, Home Furnishers at Low Expense Prices. Drapery Department Doings We have just completed stock taking and of course have found many odds and ends that must be cleared up. We have hosts of good things that will appeal to the discriminating buyer. ' - ( $5.50 TO $7.00 COUCH COVERS, $4,75. Splendid values in this clean-up. All dM fTp our $5.50 to $7.00 Couch Covers for I O PORTIERES, OFF. '. '" ' ' :. - V Plain, figured andtw,0 tone effects in browns, tans, greens and reds. The regular $2.00 to $5.00 grades, 25 PER CENT REDUCTION. LACE CURTAINS, OFF. Odd lota of one, two, three and four pairs of ' Nottingham,; Cluny. Irish Point, stenciled and plain Scrims, with filet borders; Battenburg arid i corded.;': Arabians. ' rfThe f Summer clear-; ance that every careful housekeeper welcomes. :' 25 PER CENT REDUCTION. i ' 9